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HARTFORD — Dr. Robert Brautigam still remembers the night Christopher Hartman was brought into the trauma room at Hartford Hospital. It was April 23, 2007. "Chris had very serious injuries," said Brautigam, who was part of the team that would work to save Hartman's life following a motorcycle crash on Route 44 in Canton. "I remember Dr. [Donald] Gross was on call that night. I think I was in ICU at that time, but I was brought in." Although Hartman was wearing his helmet, he suffered extensive injuries in the accident, which occurred about 9 p.m. "He was broken from head to toe," said his mother, Judy Hartman. Her son, 23 at the time, spent 10...

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